Crusty parts engines!

[ponderinjunkman]

As I go thru the pile of parts while building the "scrap" 110, its remarkable to see the abuse and neglect heaped on some of these poor old 3 wheelers! I admit to some of this sort of thing while learning to work on them many years ago! The overwhelming desire to be out riding combined with little to no $$ for proper parts, well, leads to what we see here! Im cutting off a welded on shift lever to get to a surprisingly decent sprocket. Its nice to be in a better position currently to put the "scrap" 110 back together in a little more dignified manner!

[sledcrazyinCT]

Wow that is some shade tree DIY welding on that shifter....

[TrikeKid]

I'm guilty of welding sprockets or shifters for other kids in the neighborhood growing up. Kids up the road always had beat to death bikes and no $$$ to fix em. I'm lucky that I only come across it on parts bikes now.

[350for350]

Man, that's one thing that I can't understand. A welded on shifter, hub, sprocket, etc.

[TrikeKid]

Man, that's one thing that I can't understand. A welded on shifter, hub, sprocket, etc.

No money or no desire to fix it the right way, but dad has that old stick welder in the garage...